Paracilacris lateralis Chopard, 1955

Naskrecki, Piotr, Bazelet, Corinna S. & Spearman, Lauren A., 2008, New species of flightless katydids from South Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 1933 (1), pp. 19-32 : 27

Paracilacris lateralis Chopard, 1955

( Figs. 2P–O )

Listed by Chopard (1955) from KwaZulu Natal and eastern Cape, here it is recorded for the first time from Free State.

Material examined. Republic of South Africa: KwaZuluNatal, Royal Natal National Park, Tugela Valley, on meadow near river, Station No. 261, elev. 1524 m (28°43'60''S, 28°55'0''E), 4.iv. 1951, coll. P. Brinck and G. Rudebeck (Station No. 261) — 1 male (holotype) ( MZLU); Eastern Cape, Elands Height, 15 miles SW Mount Fletcher, on grassy hill side, Station No. 217, elev. 1829 m (30°51'31.44''S, 28°22'35.36''E), 9.iii. 1951, coll. P. Brinck and G. Rudebeck (Station No. 217) — 1 female (allotype) ( MZLU); Free State, Golden Gate Highlands National Park ; vic. Glen Reenen Rest Camp; Oribi Loop, elev. 2006 m (28°30.359'S, 28°39.184'E), 30.iii. 2006, coll. L. Spearman & J. LaPolla — 1 female, 1 nymph female .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Paracilacris mordax. A. male head and pronotum, lateral view; B. apex of male abdomen, dorsal view; C. male subgenital plate; D. male left tegmen; E. stridulatory file; F. female subgenital plate; G. ovipositor; P. periclitatus. H. male head and pronotum, lateral view; I. apex of male abdomen, dorsal view; J. male subgenital plate; K. male left tegmen; L. stridulatory file; M. female subgenital plate; N. ovipositor; P. lateralis. O. female subgenital plate; P. ovipositor.